Got the pre-writing blues? Try this simple five-finger technique to help your second grader develop a sequenced plan for her early compositions.

Strong writing engages all five senses, and this fabulous fall-themed simile activity is the perfect way to celebrate sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

This game will help build your child's word bank as she competes with family members for the "Word of the Day" champion title.

Making a calendar is a great way for third graders to identify those words that are always capitalized. Here's how to get started.

Try this concrete, hands-on organization system and you can count on more efficient, less stressful evenings this school year.

Labor Day is the perfect time to celebrate our postal workers. Have your kid write a thank you note to your local post office to show his appreciation.

In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.

Here is a fun at-home physical activity that encourages movement while also working on literacy or math skills!

This activity is a great way to engage learners in Earth Day celebrations while cultivating skills around nonfiction comprehension and research writing.

Need help teaching your child to sequence and organize information? Creating this graphic organizer will help your child see what happened before and after.

Practice writing skills and use imagination with this fun activity, where your child will write a story about what he thinks life would be like on a cloud.

This project will help keep your child's thoughts in order as he creates stories from the beginning all the way through to the end.

Help your child create an autumn poem full of colorful sensory details.

Take advantage of the upcoming Irish holiday, Saint Patrick's Day, to encourage your third grader to flex his poetry muscles and come up with a haiku.

Help you child create an inspirational quote board out of foam that will motivate her to produce her best work and maintain a positive attitude.

I see fun in your future! Your child will love making homemade Popsicles and creating jokes or fortunes to write on the Popsicle sticks.

Children take inspiration from Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to write their own blog listicle on a topic of their choosing.

Making Dad a comic book is a great gift for Father's Day, and one that helps them work on fine motor skills, storytelling and handwriting.

Inspire your learner to love poems like Sonia Sotomayor by reading some poetry aloud!

Help your second grader understand compound words by doing this fast, goofy three legged race.

Help your third grader author a lovely limerick in honor of Valentine's Day! He'll be delighted to compose and recite this nonsensical poem.

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

In this exciting design challenge, your child will use design thinking skills to create a mixture that can inflate a balloon.

Here's an authentic writing task that is perfect for Earth Day, or any day! In this activity, your child's pen becomes an instrument of planetary importance.

Parts of speech can be a difficult and dreary concept for many kids, but you can quickly turn that feeling around with this fun game.

Get your little traveler ready for a âround-the-world adventure! Kids will get a geography lesson, writing practice and a great appreciation for traveling.

This year, have your child can help you with your Passover food list. It's great handwriting practice, and she'll learn a lot in the process.

Parents can help their children at home by using a dialogue journal to model good writing.